The PDP said with the registration of the APC, Nigerians now expect the leaders of the opposition party to eschew all forms of bitterness and desperation and desist from politics of propaganda, which characterized their former parties
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Okeke listed other members of the committee as King A.J. Turner (Deputy Chairman), Hajiya Nana Ayishat Kadiri, Barrister Hussaini Diraki and Senator Emmanuel Agboti (Secretary)
It said that efforts were geared toward the peaceful resolution of the crises in Rivers State House of Assembly, as the committee would soon embark on consultation with stakeholders
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Oliver Okpala, the Special Assistant on Media to the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
The party expressed its dissatisfaction with the position of the National Assembly in a statement issued and signed by Jerry Needam, the Special Adviser on Media to the state Chairman of the party, Hon. Felix Obuah
He frowned at the comments credited to the Chairman of the PDP in Ekiti State, Makanjuola Ogundipe, that the meeting of the South West Zonal Committee, which lifted the suspension of some members of the party in Ekiti State, including former Governor Ayo Fayose, was held in a hotel belonging to Prince Kashamu instead of the zonal secretariat of the party in Ibadan
He noted that it was curious that the meeting of the South West Caretaker Committee where the decision was taken was held in an hotel belonging to Buruji Kasamu in Lagos State instead of the party’s Zonal Secretariat in Ibadan, Oyo State, where meetings of the South West Zonal Exco of the party are held
Belgore said the action cannot be nullified as it was not part of the prayers sought by the plaintiff in the originating summons
Another factor that is threatening the existence of PDP South West is the woeful performance of PDP governors in Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and even Edo States in the eight years former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in power
The National chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, had ordered that the Convention Committee, headed by former Information Minister, Prof. Jerry Gana, to halt preparations
The PDP in a statement by Gani said: “Who are these stakeholders?
“They must be special stakeholders of the ruling party in the state
Tukur said that new dates would be announced for the South West congress and the Special National Convention after the inauguration of the committee
the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has set up a National Reconciliation Committee to harmonize all interests and achieve genuine reconciliation across board
It said the reason that Amaechi has been targeted by his all-powerful enemies, who have used national institutions – including the police – against him, are his strenuous defence of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, which he chairs; his battle for his state and its people over their oil well dispute with Bayelsa State, which is in furtherance of his efforts to live up to his oath of office and constitutional responsibility; and his audacity in rejecting dictations from an unelected self-important personality on how he governs his state
The PDP said Nigerians already know their dictatorial antecedents.
The ruling party at the federal and in most states took stock of the activities of the two men and submitted that they are bitter because they know that “they will lose the 2015 general election despite the so called merger of their parties which is built on deceit, corruption and falsehood and as such want to invent excuses” ahead of time
A statement issued in Port Harcourt by the Special Adviser to the
State PDP Chairman on Media, Jerry Needam, warned Amachree to desist
from twisting facts and misinforming the general public on who the
authentic speaker and other principal officers of the House…….
Okeke said with the agreement among the members of the party to work together in the bid to win the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State, it had become imperative that the proviso that all cases in court be withdrawn is respected
Haruna also contested for the Senate seat in Adamawa North Senatorial District in the last general election on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria, but lost to Senator Bindow Jibrilla of the PDP
Okereke commended Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State for personally attending the event and accused the other ACN governors of staying away for parochial political reasons
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting of the PDP leaders in Rivers State with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Obuah said the governor was free to leave the party if he cannot apologise